The Brookhaven leader., 1887-01-13


a patron of uncleanness and child of
hell" Sworn to be the Lords, you are
perjurers.
But at last the tide has turned, and the
despisers Of purity overdid the matter. A
foreign actress Of base morals arrived, in
tending to make the tour Of the States, but
the remaining decency Of our cities rose up
and Cancelled the contracts, and drove her
| back from our American stage-s woman
fit for neither continent In the name of
Almighty God take these denominations by
the throat. If you think these offenses are
! to go on forever, you do not know who the
Lord is God will not wait for the day of
! judgment. All these palaces of sin will
become palace of righteousness. They
| will come into the possession OF those
strong for virtue and strong for God. He
shall divide the spoil with the strong"
China and Africa, the two richest por-
/ tons of the earth by reason Of metals and
rare woods and inexhaustible productive
! ness. are not yet divided up among the
| good because they ere not ready to be di-
! vided. Wait until the doors that Living
! stone opened in Africa shall be entered,
I and Bishop Taylor with his band of self
1 supporting missionaries have done their
work. and the Ashantecs ami Scnegambi-
| ans shall know Christ as well as you know
/ Him, and there shall be on the banks Of
/ the Nile and the Niger higher civilization
/ than is now to he found on the banks Of
the Hudson, then Christ will divide up the
continent among His friends.
Wait until China which is half as large
as all Europe, shall have developed her Cd
pacities for rice, tea and sugar among edi-
birs; and her amethyst. and sapphire, and
topaz and opal, and Jaspar and porhyry
among precious stones; and her rosewood,
I ami ebony, and CaulphOr and varnish trees
among precious woods; aud turned up from
her depths a half dozen Pennsylvania of
coal and iron, and twenty Nevadas of sill
YER and fifty CALIFORNIA; of gold, and her
5OO.JO0ODO OF people shall be evangelical
then the Lord Will divide it up among the
good
Ii my text be not deception, but an
eternal truth, then the time IS coming
when all the farms will be owned by
Christian farmers, and all the commerce
controlled by Christian merchants, and all
the authority held by Christian officials,
and all the ships commanded by Christian
! captains. and all the universities under the
Instructions of Christian professors,
Christian Kings, Christian Presidents,
Christian Governors Chrstian Mayors,
/ CHRISTIAN Common Council Yet, what
! securing out, What an upturuingl what
deuoll;ion' what resurrection, must
prrCcde Tins new superintendent
| do not undcrrate the enemy. Julius
Cu.saF got his greatest victories by fully
estimating the Vastuess Of his foes and
! prepared his men for their greatest triumph
by saying: ''fU-morruw King Juba will be
+ here with 3J.OJJ horses. loo OJO skIrmishers
and 30 elephants / do not uHderrate
/ the vast forces of SIN and death but do You
/ know who commands US; JehUVah-Jirch
And the reserve corps behind as are al
/ the armies Of Heaven and earth, with hur
J riyaue and thuudrrbJlt The good work of
. the worlds redemption Is gong on every
minute. Never 50 many noble men and
. glorious women on thu side of right as to-
I day. Never so many good people as now.
. D!oEencs has been spoken of as Il wise
/ luau because lie went with II lantern at
/ MONDAY, saying he was looking for an
honest man. If he had turned his lantern
toward himself he might have discovered a
crank.
Honest men by the ten thousandi
Through the international series of Sun
. day-SChoCl lessons the next generation all
1 through CariSteEdom are going to be wiser
than any generation since the world stood.
, The kingdom is coming. God can do 1t.
! No housewife with d chamOis cloth ever
/ polished u silver teaspoon with more ease
! than Christ will rub off from this world
! the tarnish and brighten it up till it glOWs
/ like Heaven, and then the glorious appor-
T t!unmtnt, Tor my text is re-enforced by
score of other texts, when it says OF
. Christ. "He shall divide the spoil with the
strong"
Bat" you say, that is pleasant to
! Ia nix of for others. but before that time
Shall have passed into another existence,
and shall get no advantage from this new
/ al.p jr:ionmeut." Ah. YOU have only driven
ne to the more exciting and transporting
consideration, and that IS that Christ IS
/ G5iI, to IiN lie up Heaven in the same way
. = mere are old es, at ~ in the celestial world
that have been in tn possession of its in
hah,tauts for Thousands of years, and they
shan remain as they are There are old
family mansions in Heaven filled with
, WhO.c generations Of kindred, and they
shall never BE- driven out Many OF the
yiytgrs from earth have already got their
palaces. and the! are pointed to those
newly arrived Soon after our getting
tu,ra we will ask 10 Hc shown the apostolic
re .!dences. and ask where does Paul live,
and JOAN, ami shown the patriarchal resi-
GgGrcs and shall say: Where does Abra-
-. ham live, or JacJb:" ANA shown the mar
: tyr sciences and say: wv here does John
Has, live, and Ridleyt' We will want to
sec the boulevariS WBere the chariotS of
couquerors roll. | viii want to see the
gardens where the Princes walked.
We VIII want to see Music Row, where
Handel, ami Haydn and Mozart, and
Charles Wesley, ant Thomas Hastings,
and Bradbury, have their homes, out or
( their windows, ever and anon, rolling some
sonnet of an earthly oratorO OF hymn
transported with the composer. We win
w;.nr to see Revival Terrace, where White
field and Netteton, aud PaysOn, and Row
land Hill. and Charles F!nney, and other
giants OF soul reap!ng, are resting from
Their almost supernatural Abors, their
doors througeI with converts Just ar
rived coming to report themselves.
But brilliant as the sunset and like the
leaves for number are the celestial homes
d VI 10 be awarded. when Christ to you, and
( IN lions OF others, shall divide the spoil
d What do YOU want there! You shall lave
il. An orchard. There il is: twelve man
ncr of fruit, aud fruit every month.
DO you want river sycnerys Take your
choice on the banks OF the river, in
! longer, wider, deep II rol than Danube, or
/ Amazon, or Mississippi, If mingled IN one,
and emptying INTO the sea Of glass, mingled
! with fire. Do you want your kindred back
! againi Go out and meet your father and
/ mother, without the staff or stoop, ami your
, children in a dance of immortal glee. Do
! YOU want throne. Select it from the mill
! ion FURNISHED elevations. Do you want a
| croWns Pick il out OF that mountain Of
diamond cOronets. Do you want your old
/ church friends of earth around you! Begin
/ to hum an old revival tune and they will
! flock from all quarters to revel with you in
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